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The World's Largest Flower

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Real Estate Broker/Owner with Arizona Resource Realty BR518926000

 

The largest flower in the world, the rafflesia arnoldi, weighs 7 kg (15 pounds) and grows only on the Sumatra. Its petals grow to 1.6 ft long and 1 inch thick.

However fascinating and beautiful the rafflesia arnoldi may be, it is also called “corpse flower” and really reeks, the latter to attract flies for pollination.

There are over 200,000 species in the world, and the smallest is the duckweed, which can only be seen with a microscope.



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Kerrie La Guardia
ActiveRain, Community Manager - Kirkland, WA
Let it Rain!

15 pounds?!?!  It looks like it should be in a video game or something.  Crazy!

Aug 15, 2012 09:17 AM
John Pusa
Glendale, CA

Tamra - I don't think I have seen rafflesia arnoldi flower before. Thanks for the detailed information about the world's largest flower "Rafflesia Arnoldi ."

Aug 15, 2012 09:53 AM
Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

That is quite a flower!

Enjoy the days of summer with your camera in hand.

Aug 16, 2012 09:43 AM